Gates Cambridge
Scholarships for International Students
Gates
Cambridge Trust
Masters/PhD Degree
Masters/PhD Degree
Description:
Gates Cambridge Scholarships are
highly competitive full-cost scholarships. They are awarded to outstanding
applicants from countries outside the UK to pursue a full-time postgraduate
degree in any subject available at the University of Cambridge.
Host Institution(s):
Field of study:
Any field of study offered at the
University.
Number of Awards:
Gates Cambridge Scholarships are
extremely competitive: over 4,000 applicants apply for 90 Scholarships each
year.
Target group:
Citizens of any country outside the
United Kingdom
Scholarship
value/inclusions:
• The University Composition Fee and
College fees at the appropriate rate
• A maintenance allowance for a single student (£13,000 for 12 months at the current 2012-2013 rate; pro rata for courses shorter than 12 months)
• The cost of the most economical
airfare from the scholar’s normal country of residence to the UK at the
beginning of their course and the cost of the most economical airfare from the
UK to the scholar’s normal country of residence at the end of the course.
The Trust also considers
applications for several types of additional funding on a discretionary basis
such as family allowance, conference attendance, fieldwork allowance, some
fourth year funding for PhD scholars and hardship funding.
Eligibility:
You can apply for a Gates Cambridge
Scholarship if you are:
• A citizen of any country outside
the United Kingdom.
• Applying to pursue one of the
following full-time residential courses of study: PhD (three year research-only
degree); MSc or MLitt (two year research-only degree); or a one year
postgraduate course (e.g. MPhil, LLM, MA St, Diploma, MBA etc.)
• Already a student at
Cambridge and want to apply for a new postgraduate course. For example, if you
are studying for an MPhil you can apply for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship to do
a PhD. However, if you have already started a course, you cannot apply for a
Gates Cambridge Scholarship to fund the rest of it.
• Already a Gates Cambridge Scholar
and want to apply for a second Scholarship. You must apply by the second,
international deadline and go through the same process of departmental ranking,
short listing and interviewing as all other candidates.
Application
instructions:
The Gates Cambridge Scholarships are
highly competitive scholarships and awarded on the basis of the candidate’s
academic excellence, a good fit between the Scholar and the University of
Cambridge, evidence of leadership potential, and a commitment to improving the
lives of others.
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